The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-05-10
There Il a British High Commits.

There 10 a British High Commits.
Of ,ner's Court here, and every one,
especially persons who have been to
Fiji, know what that means. The
power of the American Consul al
though great, is not SO extended as
the other two.
The German Consul, when the
conduct Of any of his people is such
as to reflect unfavorably on the Ger
mans as a nation, is very lenient.
When it only affects individuals, he
is very severe.
The British Consul 10 conceded to
be q very fair man. He is, however,
only Acting Consul, and is to a GER
tain extent, under the same instruc-
tions as his predecessor, Mr.. Powell.
He has not been here long enough
to criticize him fairly.
The American Consul is an old
resident, in fact he has been here
upwards of thirty years, and al
though man of considerable means,
has not seemed to care enough for
his own country to return to it
once during that entire period. He
is one of Samoa's Fossils. A recent
charge of selling firearms to the
natives has been made against him.
The Americans seem to be par
ticularly unfortunate in the selection
of their consuls, and one cause for
this is, the small salary attached to
the office. 1t is very difficult to get
good man to come here for 81 800
per annum.
The Germans properly celebrated
Emperor Williams's birthday. They
had q grand dinner consisting prin-
cipally Of beer.
The festivities were carried on in
the Apla Bowling Alley, sort of
barn, and it is reported that four
teen cases of beer "a dozen each)
and a large quantity Of gin were con-
sumed by about sixty guests.
The Hawaiian Embassy arrived
here last January. Upon their ar
rival they took quarters at the Inter-
national Hotel, the only excuse for
hotel here. Board at this house is
like the proprietor, very "Tough."
They were so rudely used by
some of the clerks, who came to the
Hotel for the express purpose Of in
sulting them, that they were compel
led to move.
The Embassy then rented house
from native, but after five or six
weeks Of privation, wherein all the
party were taken i'll, Mr.. Bush con-
cluded to erect suitable house,
which he did.
The Embassy has had great
many difficulties to contend with.
The discomforts of living are small,
compared to the stumbling blocks,
placed in their way by some of the
"Old Timers who try to "run"
every one who comes here on official
business. The people above men
toned, arrived here some twenty or
thirty years ago, and have associat-
ed themselves so closely with the
natives, that they have degenerated.
Their ideas, both socially and politi-
cally speaking are more than half
native.
Mr.. Bush has proved himself to
be a man, who although he will
listen to u reasonable argument,
will not permit himself to be led by
anyone.
Everyone who calls on him is
treated in a gentlemanly manner,
and it is rare treat to this commu-
nifty, to meet with man of such a
genial public spirited disposition.
The report in one of the Homo
lulu papers that the Embassy were
not received by Malietoa, is untrue.
Mr.. Bush is on very friendly
terms with King Malietoa, and will
no doubt succeed in accomplishing
what he came here for.
The people here are fully alive to
the fact, that the annexation of Sa-
moa by Hawaii would be a great ad-
vantage 10 the place.
| Our municipal, or rather, con-
sular form of government, is very
unsatisfactory, it causes an inter-
national bitterness which can only
be overcome by some established form
of government, and the people here
certainly prefer Hawaii, with her
liberal laws to either of the great
powers. Samoa can no doubt be
made to support good but not ex-
travagant government.
The group though small, is very
fertile. The principal productions
are copra, cotton, and coffee.
Sugar will grow here. There arc
some fine swamps for rice. Any.
thing that grow in tropical climate
will grow here. In the event of an
nexation there will be q fine open.
ing for capital. AT present, the
title to lands is very uncertain.
The progress of Samoa has beer
greatly retarded, on account of the
extreme ignorance of the people
There is no such thing as education
The natives have only a yer,
vague idea Of the outside world
There are no native schools cxcep
those provided by the missionaries
and when n native can read bible